136 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



Pied Wagtail, Motacilla lugubris. The few individuals 

 which stay the winter are not easily driven southward by frost. 

 The first arrival of any note is always about March 12th, and 

 fresh comers swarm upon the seaweed-heaps all through April. 



Grey Wagtail, M. melanope. Specially numerous upon the 

 upper waters of the Wye and Towy, but a few, in place of retiring 

 to the hills, breed within a mile or two of Aberystwyth. I found 

 it already in its summer haunts on March 26th, 1894. 



Yellow Wagtail, M. rail. Curiously local in Western 

 W T ales. Mr. Mathew doubts whether it breeds in Pembrokeshire. 

 Rarely seen at Aberystwyth, and then always upon the same 

 marshy fields, but is common at Borth in wet meadows near the 

 Dovey, and very plentiful upon the Teifi Bog, near Tregaron. 



Meadow Pipit, Anthus pratensis. Reinforced by flocks which 

 arrive at the same time as the Pied Wagtails, as on March 13th, 

 1892; March 21st, 1894. A flock working up the Wye Valley, 

 above Rhayader, March 28th, 1892. Parties are seen moving 

 southward in September. 



Tree Pipit, A. trivialis. As numerous as can be expected in 

 a sparsely wooded district. First heard, 1892, April 15th ; 1893, 

 April 5th; 1894, April 9th. 



Rock Pipit, A. obscurus. Occurs all along the coast, but is 

 not very numerous. 



Hedgesparrow, Accentor modularis. 



Bullfinch, Pyrrhula europcea. 



Greenfinch, Ligurinus chloris. For three years has com- 

 menced its drawling note within a day of March 12th. 



Goldfinch, Carduelis elegans. More plentiful than I have 

 found it anywhere in England, and does not seem less numerous 

 in winter. The large amount of waste and semi-cultivated land 

 is in its favour. 



Siskin, Chrysomitris spinus. Rare, and irregular in its visits. 

 There is one at Gogerddan ; another shown to me by Mr. 

 Hutchings. I have many times scanned the alders and birches 

 for this and the next species, but fruitlessly. 



Lesser Redpoll, Linota rufescens. A few pairs may nest 

 with us, an instance, as we suppose from the description given, 

 having occurred at Gogerddan last year. At Peniarth, above 

 Towyn, Mr. F. Abel found two nests in 1890, lined with the down 

 of the cotton-grass. 





